Covid saga Well we get off the ship and take a PCR test to get into the villa which was called Mustard Seed and it was situated in the Mullins area of Barbados. The villa was amazing and really in a good situation. So we all think everything is fine and dandy - how wrong can things go. We all get our results later in the day apart from Sue and Eric. We are all negative so we go out for a meal. Then when we get back the worst news that could happen was Sue had tested positive. One of the stipulations on Barbados is that you need to inform your accommodation provider immediately. So on the Sunday we inform the agent who is handling the booking for the villa from Booking.com. The local track ... read more

So we all got our negative PCR test results the night before and now comes the part where we needed to print out our certificates for boarding the Clipper. You would think that would be easy but as I always had a saying with my dad “nothings simple” so after toing and froing we all manage to get a hard copy of our certificates - so we all think now we have the paperwork in order to board tomorrow. So we have another day swimming on the sandy beach and whilst in the water Sue (L) and Eric notice next to a reef that there is a massive turtle - so Sue (L) runs back up the beach and we all go down to see if we can catch a glimpse of it. It does take ... read more

So up early and we decide that we are going to have breakfast on the balcony and as everything went into our fridge we meet on our balcony which Eric has renamed Paula’s Arms. Once breakkie was completed off we trot to Bridgetown. We all jump into a boogie bus. If you have been to Barbados or the caribbean you will know what one of these is. If not it is a transit van with lots of seats in and they are driven up and down by the locals and they hoot you all the time and you hail one and all jump in - a real Barbadian treat. So we arrive in Bridgetown and we lose Graham only to find him dreaming of days gone by, ha ha. So we drag Graham away from his ... read more

Well its day 2 of our holiday in the Caribbean and we have finally unpacked and started to chill - well not sure of that one!. We went to get some cash out today and all went well and have spent the day chilling by the sea - think I could become a beach bum if this carries on. So this is my view from our balcony not bad I think when you think we have been dealing with Covid and the loss of loved ones over the year. So we are all chilling out by the sea and Eric who we have gone on this break with (including Sue his long suffering wife) decides he is going to go green and decides he is going to clean the ocean all by his self and guess ... read more

Yesterday started off well. We walked into Padstow and I had a day at Rick Stein's cookery school. I have done a cooking class there before but this time due to the pandemic it was a tad different. You were not allowed to leave your work station without wearing a mask. You had to see most of the things the Chef was telling you via a screen which if I am honest 2 rows back and one dodgy cataract it was a little difficult. To be honest though if two people from the same family went they shared a work station and also shared a fish so not great value, or chance to try stuff. So the first dish was Dover Sole a la meunière which if you remember in one of my blogs I had ... read more